EPQ PRESENTATION

EPQ PRESENTATION

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Yehudit Charin

How I'd extend the project further

Conclusions

- Political and social factors were equally important

-Look at the impacts of Realism

-How far did the influences extend

-What art movements are related to it

- Insight into History of Art

-Knowledge of this topic

-How to dissect paintings and their context

-Time management

-Researching at higher level

-Love for the subject!

What I've Gained

Social Change

Backlash against:

-Individuals such as Courbet and Baudelaire were instrumental to its creation

• The Academies & Paris Salon

• Neoclassicism

• Romanticism

Political Change

• The bourgeoisie

What I'd Improve

So What is Realism?

-Scientific advancements were more important later in 1800s

-Art Movement

-1850s

-Le Realism, G. Courbet

-"Spirit of Matter"

Do more research beforehand to enable picking of title earlier

-July Monarchy 1830-1848

-1848 Revolutions

-The Paris Commune

-Beginnings of Socialism

Find a topic/ angle

with more debate

Technological & Scientific Advancements

Role of Individuals

Problems & Solutions

Perhaps find an angle with primary research

Industrial

Revolution

Millet- the 'model' of social realism

Sabot shoe

imagery

-Title

-Lack of resources

-Time management

-Referencing

Other Sources

Daguerreotype

Websites

Baudelaire- The academic challenger

Plan

everything

Note down everything

Pick something you're actually interested in

Courbet- the initiator

urbanisation

Courbet's online biography

"From today painting is dead"

+Useful for small facts

-Difficult to validate

Planning & Schedules

Advice I'd give

Podcasts

Pick something realistic

Pick a relevant title

Jacqui Ansell- National Gallery

+Useful added info & personal insight

-Lacked detail

+Narrowed down title

+National Art Library & Podcasts

+More precise scheduling

+Used Harvard

Come to previous presentations

Do it early

Individual Help

Oxbridge/Medicine deadline

Academic contact

+Good pieces of advice

Title

Purpose of art

How the purpose of art changes with politics

National Art Library

History of Art

Evolution of Realism

Art movements that have been affected by political change

1800s-1900s

Books

'What was the largest factor in influencing the start of Realism?"

James Malpas- Realism

+ Helped to understand the extent of the topic

- Covered far too many areas

‘How has the Realism art movement evolved with political change? (15th-21st Century)’

Gombrich- The Story of Art

+ Overview of history of art

+Main points about Realism

-Not much depth

Lorenz Eitner- 19th Century European Painting

+ Great summary of Realism

+Small biographies of all the major artists

+Science is discussed here, unlike some of the other sources

"To what extent was political change the most important factor in influencing the creation of Realism?"

What did I investigate?

Petra T Chu Nineteenth Century European Art

+Most useful book, lots of detail about political events

+Analysis of art in context of these events

+Key paintings dissected, and contextualised

Why I chose to do an EPQ...

• History of Art course
• Insight into dissertations
• Knowledge of a topic

"To what extent was political change the most important factor in influencing the creation of Realism in the 1800s?"